Button cover assembly and method for making same

ABSTRACT

A cover assembly and a supporting method of manufacture therefor provide users with a button cover. The cover assembly comprises a disk and a cover construction. The disk has an inner disk surface comprising an uneven disk landscape having peaks and valleys strewn thereacross. The cover construction is formed from an elastic material comprising a bonding portion and an annulus. The bonding portion has a cover landscape complementary to the disk landscape as the bonding interface is formed by filling the disk landscape with the polymeric material while in liquid form. The annulus comprises an aperture having a relaxed diameter greater in magnitude than the diameter of a target button. The annulus is elastically stressable for increasing the relaxed aperture diameter to a stressed aperture configuration for receiving the button. After the assembly is donned, the annulus retains the button cover assembly adorned upon the received or enveloped button.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention generally relates to a button cover assembly forornamentally adorning buttons, and method of manufacture for the same.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The prior art shows a number of button covering devices and the like.Some of the more pertinent prior art disclosures are briefly describedhereinafter. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 2,751,654 ('654 Patent), whichissued to Armbruster, discloses a Cuff Button Cover. The '654 Patentdescribes an ornamental cover for a sewed button plate, an arched topplate extending over said bottom plate, said bottom plate, said bottomplate being spaced at its forward edge from the forward edge of the topplate and having a central recess extending to the forward edge thereof,whereby a sewed button may be received within said housing, said topplate having an opening adjacent its front edge, a lock lever hinged tosaid top plate and having a tongue adapted to extend through saidopening when the lock lever is seated on the top plate, and means forreleasably securing the lock lever to the top plate.

U.S. Pat. No. 2,880,487 ('487 Patent) which issued to T. R. Ryan,discloses Interchangeable Ornaments for Buttons. The '487 Patentdescribes an interchangeable ornament for buttons or the like comprisingan ornamental member having a substantially flat portion, a V-shapedelement having a base resilient curved branch portions extending fromsaid base portion, and means for normally keeping said V-shaped elementjuxtaposed to said ornamental member, the branch portions of saidV-shaped member being constructed and arranged for receiving betweenthem threads fastening a button to a piece of fabric and for engagingsaid button in such a manner as to fasten thereto said ornamentalmember.

U.S. Pat. No. 2,983,009 ('009 Patent) which issued to A. Dritz,discloses a Covered Button. The '009 Patent describes a buttoncomprising connected top and bottom sections; wherein the top sectionhas a pair of bendable fingers extending there-from toward said bottomsection, said bottom section having a first aperture through which saidfingers pass when said sections are assembled and having second andthird apertures on opposite sides of said first aperture through whichsaid fingers are bent to extend into said button when said sections areassembled, said top section comprising a shell, a first member receivedwithin said shell, integral portions of said first member extendingthere-from to define said fingers, and a second member secured withinsaid shell beneath said first member by direct engagement with one ofsaid shell and said first member and having an aperture through whichsaid fingers extend. The top section may be covered by material whichextends partially over the lower surface thereof above said second andthird apertures in said bottom section, said fingers being of a lengthsuch as, when bent through said second and third apertures, to engagesaid material.

U.S. Pat. No. 3,242,544 ('544 Patent) which issued to A. Dritz,discloses a Hand-Assembled, Fabric-Covered Button. The '544 Patentdescribes a button shell and a button back for forming a fabric-facedbutton, said button shell comprising a body provided with a peripheralflange disposed upwardly and inwardly of said body, said button backcomprising a body provided with a central opening and with a peripheralflange disposed upwardly and outwardly of said back body, said buttonback body being disposed upwardly and inwardly of its peripheral flangeand being formed between its central opening and its said peripheralflange with a series of circular stepped ribs, said shell and back beingdimensioned for the back to be telescoped and pressure-fitted into andto rest within the shell with the peripheral flanges of the shell andback interlocking in engagement with fabric material of a facingcovering for the button.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,935,965 ('965 Patent) which issued to S. Wassell,discloses an Ear Muff. The '965 Patent describes an ear muff having awater-repellent material lined with thin insulation sewn into the formof a pocket which fits around the ear of the wearer to protect the earagainst cold, wind, snow, or the like without substantially impairinghearing. The ear muff is kept engaged to the ear by means of an elasticloop residing in the hem of the opening of the pocket which contractsaround the base of the ear, and in addition, adjacent to the elasticwithin the hem, a malleable earlobe clasp which the wearer clamps aroundthe earlobe, so that the ear muff can be used by people with attachedearlobes as well as by people with unattached earlobes. The linedwater-repellent material comprising the pocket plays no part in keepingthe ear muff engaged to the ear, and thus is made of flexible materialso that it can conform to various shapes of ears.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,778,455 ('455 Patent) which issued to D. Joseph,discloses an Ear Cover. The '455 Patent describes an ear cover forprotecting the external ear of a wearer. The cover includes a firstflexible sheet having an outer layer formed of an absorbent material andan inner layer coextensive therewith formed of an impermeable material.A second flexible sheet is secured to the first flexible sheet adjacentthe inner layer to serve as a liner for the cover. An elastic band issecured between the first and second flexible sheets for gathering therespective peripheries thereof around the ear of a wearer.

It will be seen from a review of the foregoing that the prior art issilent on a button cover assembly comprising a disk and an elastic coverconstruction bonded to the disk at a non-uniform or uneven disk-to-coverbond interface, which uneven bond interface functions to increase thebond contact surface area as a means to enhance bond strength.Accordingly, the prior art perceives a need for such and button coverassembly and method for manufacturing the same.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention thus attempts to structurally address theforegoing features in particular and provides a button cover assemblyand method of manufacture for the same, which button cover assemblyornamentally adorns a button when outfitted thereupon. The button coverassembly may preferably comprise a circular, embroidered disk and acover construction. The embroidered disk has an outer disk surface, aninner surface, and a disk diameter. The inner disk surface comprises anuneven embroidered disk landscape having peaks and valleys strewn acrossthe disk landscape, which peaks and valleys are reflective of theembroidery.

The cover construction is preferably formed from a pliable, elastic,polymeric material comprising a bonding portion, an annulus, and a coverdiameter. The bonding portion has a cover landscape complementary to thedisk landscape since the bonding interface is formed by filling the disklandscape with the polymeric material while in a liquid form. The unevenvolumetric space above the disk landscape is thus filled with the liquidmaterial, which when solid, complements the disk landscape and enhancesbond strength via increase bond contact surface area. In other words,the disk is bonded to the cover construction at the non-uniform oruneven disk-to-cover interface.

The elastic annulus is integrally formed with the bonding portion andcomprises a button-receiving cover aperture defined by the inner annulardiameter, which may be reinforced or non-reinforced according theapplication requirements. The cover aperture has a relaxed aperture orinner annular diameter lesser in magnitude than the cover diameter butgreater in magnitude than the diameter of a target button. The pliable,elastic material is elastically stressable for enabling a user toincrease the relaxed aperture diameter to a stressed apertureconfiguration for receiving the button. After the assembly is donned,the annulus retains the button cover assembly adorned upon the receivedor enveloped button.

Other objects of the present invention, as well as particular features,elements, and advantages thereof, will be elucidated or become apparentfrom, the following description and the accompanying drawing figures.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Other features of my invention will become more evident from aconsideration of the following brief description of patent drawings:

FIG. 1 is an anterior perspective view of the button cover assemblyaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a posterior perspective view of the button cover assemblyaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a first sequential lateral view of a generic assembly-formingchamber with parts broken away to show, from bottom to top, a disk, aplunger, and a volumetric spaced defined intermediate the disk andplunger, which space is being filled with a liquid material.

FIG. 3 is a first sequential lateral view of a fragmentary and genericassembly-forming chamber with parts broken away to show, from bottom totop, a disk, a fragmentary plunger, and a volumetric spaced definedintermediate the disk and plunger, which space is being filled with aliquid material.

FIG. 3( a) is an enlarged, lateral view of the fragmentary plungerotherwise shown in FIG. 3.

FIG. 4 is a second sequential lateral view of a fragmentary and genericassembly-forming chamber with parts broken away to show, from bottom totop, a disk, a phantom and fragmentary plunger being removed from abutton cover assembly as shown in cross-section after the liquidmaterial (as shown in FIG. 3) solidifies.

FIG. 4( a) is an enlarged, lateral view of the fragmentary and genericassembly-forming chamber with parts broken away to show a sectionalbutton cover assembly.

FIG. 5 is a depiction of a fragmentary plunger element being removedform the button cover assembly as seen from a side view.

FIG. 5( a) is an enlarged sectional view as sectioned from FIG. 5showing an uneven, non-uniform, or non-flat bonded interface or boundarybetween the disk and cover construction of the button cover assembly.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the button cover assembly donned upon a buttonwith parts of the cover construction broken away to show the button asenveloped or received by the button cover assembly.

FIG. 6( a) is an enlarged side view of the button cover assembly andbutton otherwise shown in FIG. 6 to more clearly show relativedimensions of components.

FIG. 7 is an anterior view of a first button cover assembly according tothe present invention showing a first ornamental marking upon the disk.

FIG. 8 is a first posterior view of the first button cover assemblyotherwise shown in FIG. 7 showing an elastically relaxed annulus of thecover construction.

FIG. 9 is a second posterior view of the first button cover assemblyotherwise shown in FIG. 7 showing elastically stressed inner and outerdiameters of the annulus of the cover construction.

FIG. 10 is a third posterior view of the first button cover assemblyotherwise shown in FIG. 7 showing elastically stressed inner diameter ofthe annulus of the cover construction.

FIG. 11 is a first side view of a first cover construction in explodedsuperior adjacency to a structurally attached button, the first coverconstruction comprising a reinforced inner annular diameter.

FIG. 12 is a first side view of a second cover construction in explodedsuperior adjacency to a structurally attached button, the second coverconstruction comprising a non-reinforced inner annular diameter.

FIG. 13 is a second side view of the first cover construction otherwiseshown in FIG. FIG. 11 in attached superior adjacency to a structurallyattached button.

FIG. 14 is a second side view of a second cover construction otherwiseshown in FIG. 12 in attached superior adjacency to a structurallyattached button.

FIG. 15 is an anterior view of a second button cover assembly accordingto the present invention showing a second ornamental marking upon thedisk.

FIG. 16 is a first posterior view of the second button cover assemblyotherwise shown in FIG. 15 showing an elastically relaxed annulus of thecover construction.

FIG. 17 is a second posterior view of the second button cover assemblyotherwise shown in FIG. 15 showing radially directed elastic stressvectors of the inner annular diameter of the cover construction.

FIG. 18 is a first side view of the button cover assembly comprising adisk bonded to a cover construction in exploded superior adjacency to astructurally attached button, the button cover assembly comprising areinforced inner annular diameter.

FIG. 19 is a first side view of a second button cover assemblycomprising a disk bonded to a cover construction in exploded superioradjacency to a structurally attached button, the second button coverassembly comprising a non-reinforced inner annular diameter.

FIG. 20 is a second side view of the first button cover assemblyotherwise shown in FIG. 18 in attached superior adjacency to astructurally attached button.

FIG. 21 is a second side view of a second button cover assemblyotherwise shown in FIG. 19 in attached superior adjacency to astructurally attached button.

FIG. 22 is an anterior view of a third button cover assembly accordingto the present invention showing a third ornamental marking upon thedisk, which disk comprises a diameter lesser in magnitude than the coverconstruction diameter.

FIG. 23 is a first posterior view of the third button cover assemblyotherwise shown in FIG. 22 showing an elastically relaxed annulus of thecover construction.

FIG. 24 is a second posterior view of the third button cover assemblyotherwise shown in FIG. 22 showing an elastically stressed inner annulardiameter of the cover construction.

FIG. 25 is a first side view of the third button cover assemblyotherwise shown in FIG. 22 showing the disk bonded to the coverconstruction in exploded superior adjacency to a structurally attachedbutton, the button cover assembly comprising a non-reinforced innerannular diameter.

FIG. 26 is a second side view of a third button cover assembly otherwiseshown in FIG. 22 showing the inner annular diameter being stressed toreceive/envelope the button.

FIG. 27 is a third side view of the third button cover assemblyotherwise shown in FIG. 22 in attached superior adjacency to astructurally attached button.

FIG. 28 is a depiction of a coat having three buttons, each of whichbuttons has been outfitted with a button cover assembly according to thepresent invention.

FIG. 29 is a depiction of a shoe having a single button, the buttonhaving been outfitted with a button cover assembly according to thepresent invention.

FIG. 30 is a depiction of a handbag with a single button, the buttonhaving been outfitted with a button cover assembly according to thepresent invention.

FIG. 31 is a depiction of a belt outfitted with a plurality of buttons,each of which buttons has been outfitted with a button cover assemblyaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 32 is a depiction of a headband outfitted with a plurality ofbuttons, each of which buttons has been outfitted with a button coverassembly according to the present invention.

FIG. 33 is a depiction of a user's head being adorned with the headbandotherwise depicted in FIG. 32.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT/METHOD

Referring now to the drawings with more specificity, the preferredembodiment of the present invention concerns a button cover assembly 10for adorning a button 11 as attached to an underlying button supportstructure 19, such as a coat 12, a shoe 13, a handbag 14, a headband 15or a belt 16. In this last regard, it will be noted that buttons 11 aretypically stitched to underlying support structures 19 via thread orsome other similar fastening means as at 18.

At the stitch site, a certain space is formed or defined intermediatethe button and underlying support structure. In other words, thebutton-outfitted structure 19 (such as coat 12, shoe 13, handbag 14,headband 15 or belt 16) is attached to the button 11 at abutton-to-structure junction, which button-to-structure junction definesan annulus-receiving gap or space as at 17. This space or gap 17provides opportunity for a device to be inserted therein so as to coveror envelope the button 11.

The present invention or button cover assembly 10 preferably comprises a(circular) embroidered disk 20 and a cover construction 21. It iscontemplated that the embroidered disk 20 may be fashioned according tostate of the art embroidery construction practices and comprises anouter or lower disk surface 22, an inner or upper disk surface 23, and adisk diameter as at 24. The inner disk surface 23 preferably comprisesan uneven or non-uniform embroidered disk landscape 25 as may begenerally seen from an inspection of FIG. 5( a).

The (circular) cover construction 21 is preferably being formed from apliable, elastic, polymeric material (such as rubber) and comprises abonding surface or portion 26, an annulus 27, and a cover diameter as at28. The bonding portion 26 has a second profile or cover landscape as at29, which second profile or cover landscape 29 is complementary to thefirst profile or disk landscape 25. In other words, the cover landscape,having been formed from a liquid medium poured into the disk landscapeand solidified, becomes a negative or a complement to the disk landscapefor increasing the surface area of the bond, and enhancing bondingstrength.

In other words, the disk 20 is preferably bonded to the coverconstruction 21 at the first and second profiles at a disk-to-coverinterface, at which interface the cover landscape 29 is the complementof the disk landscape 25 for enhancing bond strength. This bond isformed by filling the disk landscape 25 with the polymeric materialwhile in liquid form, the fluid material having no independent shape,but a definite volume for filling volumetric space. The liquid mediumthereafter solidifies and effectively bonds the cover construction 21 tothe disk 20.

The annulus 27 is preferably integrally formed with the bonding portion26 and defines a button-receiving cover aperture as at 30. The innerannular diameter or cover aperture 30 has a relaxed aperture diameter asgenerally depicted in FIGS. 2, 6(a), 8, 16, and 23. As can be seen froma general and comparative inspection of FIGS. 6 and 6( a), the relaxedaperture diameter 30 is lesser in magnitude than the cover diameter 28.From a comparative inspection of FIGS. 11 versus 12 or 18 versus 19, itmay be seen that the inner annular diameter of cover construction 21 mayor may not comprise a reinforced rim as at 80 versus a non-reinforcedrim as at 81.

The annulus 27 is preferably formed so as to be substantially parallelto the bonding portion 26. In this regard, it is noted that the button11, as received within the cavity defined by the annulus 27 and bondingportion 26, comprises a maximal button thickness. The annulus 27 andbonding portion 26 preferably comprise a substantially uniform distancetherebetween when in a relaxed state for receiving the maximal buttonthickness.

The pliable, elastic material is thus elastically stressable forenabling a user to increase the relaxed aperture diameter 30 to astressed aperture configuration for receiving a button 11 as generallydemonstrated in FIGS. 5, 9, 10, 17, and 24. Notably, the button 11 asreceived by the cover construction 21, has a diameter lesser inmagnitude than the cover diameter 28, but greater in magnitude than therelaxed aperture diameter 30. The annulus 27 thus functions to retainthe button cover assembly 10 adorned upon the received button 11. Inother words, the annulus 27 occupies the annulus-receiving gap 17 whenthe button cover assembly 10 is donned upon the button 11 therebyenveloping the button 11.

The disk diameter 24 is preferably greater in magnitude than the coverdiameter 28 for masking the cover construction 21 from an anteriorviewpoint as generally depicted in FIGS. 7, 15, 22, and 28-33.Alternatively, the disk diameter 24 may be lesser in magnitude than thediameter of the cover construction 21 as generally depicted in FIGS.22-27. In any event, the outer or lower disk surface 22 preferablycomprises ornamental markings (such as the four-leaf clover 31 as inFIG. 1; the capital letter “J” 32 in FIG. 7; the bug 33 in FIG. 15; andthe flower 34 in FIG. 22). The ornamental markings, as exemplified byelements 31-34, function to ornament or ornamentally adorn the button 11as received or enveloped by the cover assembly 10.

It is contemplated that the material used to construct the coverconstruction 21 may be either opaque or translucent depending on thedesired application. It is contemplated that an opaque coverconstruction 21 may well function to visually conceal the receivedbutton 11 or similar other structure, and that a translucent coverconstruction 21 may well function to visually reveal the received button11 or similar other structure as otherwise seen from a lateralviewpoint. The opacity or translucence of cover construction 21 may befurther altered according to whether the disk diameter as at 55 isgreater or lesser in magnitude relative to the cover constructiondiameter as at 56 for effecting an ornamental button cover assemblyaccording to a desired effect.

It is contemplated that the button cover assembly 10 may thus bemanufactured by first fashioning an embroidered disk as at 20, whichembroidered disk has a lower or outer disk surface as at 22, an upper orinner disk surface as at 23, a disk diameter as at 24, and a certaindisk thickness 39. It will be recalled that the upper disk surface 23preferably comprises an uneven embroidered disk landscape as at 25.

The disk 20 may then be positioned at the first end of a disk-receivingwalled cylinder 50 or chamber 52 orthogonally to its axis. It iscontemplated that the disk-receiving cylinder 50 may preferably beclosed with a support structure 51, which structure 51 functions tosupport the disk 20 as received within the chamber 52 defined bycylinder 50 and structure 51. The cylinder 50 (or chamber 52) preferablycomprises a certain walled height and first and second diameters (55 and56, respectively), such that disk thickness is lesser in magnitude thecylinder-walled height and the disk diameter 24 is substantially equalto the first cylinder/chamber diameter as at 55 and generally depictedin FIGS. 3 and 4.

After the disk 20 is positioned at the end of the cylinder 50 or chamber52, a piston-shaped plunger 60 is positioned in superior adjacency tothe upper disk surface or inner disk surface 23 intermediate thecylinder height as at 53. The plunger 60 comprises a plunger head 61 anda plunger rod 62. The plunger head 61 has a head thickness 63 and a headdiameter 64. The plunger rod 62 has a rod diameter 65. The head diameter64 is preferably lesser in magnitude than the cylinder diameter 56, andthe rod diameter 65 is preferably lesser in magnitude than the headdiameter 64.

The disk thickness 39 and the head thickness are lesser in magnitudethan the cylinder depth or height 53 such that a volumetric space isdefined above the embroidered disk 20 within the cylinder 50 via thepositioned plunger 60. This volumetric space is then filled a liquidpolymeric material 70 as generally depicted in FIG. 3. By filling thevolumetric space defined by the positioned plunger 60, the liquidpolymeric material 70 complements the uneven disk landscape 25 andcovers the head 61 in radial adjacency to the rod 62. It is contemplatedthat the plunger head 61 may be provided with an annular depression inradial adjacency to the rod 62 so as to enable the formation ofreinforced rim 80 comprising an annular area of greater bulk of material70.

The otherwise liquid polymeric material 70 is then solidified, therebybecoming elastic and forming the cover construction 21 as bonded to theembroidered disk 20 at the uneven embroidered disk landscape 25. Thepolymeric material 70, as solidified into cover construction 21, and asbonded to the disk 21 thereby forms button cover assembly 10. In otherwords, the disk-to-cover bonded interface is formed by first filling thedisk landscape 25 with the pliable, polymeric material 70 while in aliquid state and thereafter solidifying the pliable, polymeric material70 thereby bonding the disk 20 to the cover construction 21 such thatthe disk and cover landscapes 25 and 29 complement each other.

The cover construction 21 thereafter comprises bonded portion 26,annulus 27, and a cover diameter substantially equal in magnitude to thecylinder diameter 56. The annulus 27 has cover aperture 30, which coveraperture 30 comprises a relaxed diameter defined or formed by the roddiameter 65. After solidifying the material 70, the head 61 is removedfrom the cover construction 21 by elastically stressing the annulus 27and increasing the aperture opening or diameter as generally depicted inFIG. 5. After removing the head 61 from the construction 21, the annulusis elastically relaxed, thereby decreasing the aperture diameter. Thebutton cover assembly 10 may then be removed from the button-receivingchamber 52 for further processing.

While the foregoing specifications and drawings are set forth in somedetail, the specific embodiments described and illustrated thereby, andmethodology supported thereby are to be considered as exemplificationsof the principles of the invention and are not intended to limit theinvention(s) to the specific embodiments illustrated and methodssupported. For example, it is contemplated that the present inventionessentially discloses a button cover assembly and method for makingsame.

The button cover assembly essentially comprises a disk and a coverconstruction. The disk has an outer disk surface, an inner surface, anda disk diameter. The inner disk surface has an uneven or non-uniformdisk landscape. The cover construction is formed from an elasticmaterial and comprises a bonding portion, an annulus, and a coverdiameter. The bonding portion has a cover landscape complementary to thedisk landscape at a disk-to-cover bonded interface.

The annulus is integrally formed with the bonding portion and comprisesor defines a button-receiving cover aperture. The cover aperture has arelaxed aperture diameter that is lesser in magnitude than the coverdiameter. The elastic material of the cover construction is elasticallystressable for enabling a user to increase the relaxed aperture diameterto a stressed aperture configuration for receiving a button. Thereceived or cover-enveloped button has a diameter lesser in magnitudethan the cover diameter, but greater in magnitude than the relaxedaperture diameter such that the annulus retains the button coverassembly adorned upon the button.

As earlier stated, it is further contemplated that the foregoingspecifications support certain button cover assembly manufacturingmethodology. In other words, the cover assembly supports a method ofmanufacture comprising the steps of: forming a first structure such asthe embroidered disk, which first structure has opposed or first andsecond structural surfaces, and a structural width. The first structuralsurface has a non-uniform, uneven, or non-flat landscape.

The first structure is then positioned at a first end of opposed wallsas may be preferably defined by a cylindrical structure. The opposedwalls have a certain wall height and thereby define a wall-to-wallspace. A second structure such as a piston shaped plunger is thenpositioned above the first structure intermediate the opposed walls. Thesecond structure comprises a head and a post. The head has a headthickness and the post has a post width or diameter. An open volumetricspace is thus defined above the first structure via the positionedsecond structure.

The otherwise open volumetric space is then filled with a liquidmaterial, which liquid material complements the non-uniform or unevenstructural landscape and covers the head in adjacency to the post. Theliquid material is then solidified thereby becoming elastic andeffectively forms a cover construction bonded to the first structure atthe non-uniform structural landscape to form a button cover assembly.The second structure is then removed from the cover construction aftersolidifying the elastic material, and the button cover assembly isremoved from the button-receiving chamber after removing the secondstructure.

The structural width of the first structure may preferably extendintermediate the wall-to-wall dimension of the opposed walls so as tofill space intermediate the opposed walls at the first end thereof. Forexample, given a disk-like first structure, and a cylindrically definedwall-to-wall space, the disk-like first structure may preferably have adiameter substantially equal in magnitude to a cylinder diameter of thecylindrical wall-to-wall space. Preferably, the first structure issupported by a third structure, whereby the third structure and opposedwalls defining a structure-receiving chamber.

From the foregoing, it will be observed that numerous variations andmodifications of the underlying assembly may be effected withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, certainmanufacturing methodology is supported by the basic understanding of theinventive assembly. Thus, it is to be understood that no limitation withrespect to the specific assembly and/or methodology illustrated hereinis intended or should be inferred. It is, of course, intended to coverby the appended claims all such modifications as fall within the scopeof the claims.

1. A button cover assembly for adorning a button, the button coverassembly comprising: a disk, the disk having an outer disk surface, aninner surface, and a disk diameter, the inner disk surface having anuneven disk landscape; and a cover construction, the cover constructionbeing formed from an elastic material and comprising a bonding portion,an annulus, and a cover diameter, the bonding portion comprising a coverlandscape, the disk being bonded to the cover construction at adisk-to-cover bond interface, the cover landscape being the complementof the disk landscape for enhancing bond strength, the annulus beingintegrally formed with the bonding portion and comprising abutton-receiving cover aperture, the cover aperture having a relaxedaperture diameter, the relaxed aperture diameter being lesser inmagnitude than the cover diameter, the elastic material beingelastically stressable for enabling a user to increase the relaxedaperture diameter to a stressed aperture configuration for receiving abutton, the received button having a diameter lesser in magnitude thanthe cover diameter and greater in magnitude than the relaxed aperturediameter, the annulus for retaining the button cover assembly adornedupon the received button.
 2. The button cover assembly of claim 1wherein the disk-to-cover interface is formed by first filling the disklandscape with polymeric material while in a liquid state and thereaftersolidifying the polymeric material thereby bonding the disk to the coverconstruction such that the disk and cover landscapes complement eachother.
 3. The button cover assembly of claim 2 wherein the disk diameteris greater in magnitude than the cover diameter, the disk thus formasking the cover construction.
 4. The button cover assembly of claim 2wherein the annulus is substantially parallel to the bonding portion andthe received button comprises a maximal button thickness, the annulusand bonding portion thus having a substantially uniform distancetherebetween when in a relaxed state for receiving the maximal buttonthickness.
 5. The button cover assembly of claim 3 wherein the outerdisk surface comprises ornamental markings, the ornamental markings forornamentally adorning the received button.
 6. The button cover assemblyof claim 3 wherein the cover construction is opaque, the opaque coverconstruction for concealing the received button.
 7. The button coverassembly of claim 3 wherein the cover construction is translucent, thetranslucent cover construction for enabling a passerby to view thebutton through the cover construction.
 8. The button cover assembly ofclaim 2 in combination with a button-outfitted structure, thebutton-outfitted structure being attached to the button at abutton-to-structure junction, the button-to-structure junction definingan annulus-receiving gap, the annulus occupying the annulus-receivinggap when the button cover assembly is donned upon the button.
 9. Amethod for manufacturing a button cover assembly, the method comprisingthe steps of: fashioning an embroidered disk, the embroidered diskhaving a lower disk surface, an upper disk surface, a disk diameter, anda disk thickness, the upper disk surface having an uneven embroidereddisk landscape; positioning the embroidered disk at the first end of adisk-receiving cylinder, the disk-receiving cylinder having acylindrical height and a cylinder diameter, the disk diameter beingsubstantially equal to the cylinder diameter; positioning a plunger insuperior adjacency to the upper disk surface intermediate the cylinderheight, the plunger comprising a plunger head and a plunger rod, theplunger head having a head thickness and a head diameter, the plungerrod having a rod diameter, the head diameter being lesser in magnitudethan the cylinder diameter, the rod diameter being lesser in magnitudethan the head diameter, the disk thickness and head thickness beinglesser in magnitude than the cylinder height; defining a volumetricspace above the embroidered disk within the cylinder via the positionedplunger; filling the volumetric space with a liquid polymeric material,the liquid polymeric material complementing the uneven disk landscapeand covering the head in radial adjacency to the rod; and solidifyingthe liquid polymeric material, the solidified polymeric material therebybecoming elastic and forming a cover construction bonded to theembroidered disk at the uneven embroidered disk landscape therebyforming a button cover assembly.
 10. The method of claim 9 wherein theembroidered disk is supported by a support structure, the supportstructure and cylinder defining a structure-receiving chamber.
 11. Themethod of claim 10 wherein the cover construction comprises a bondedportion and an annulus, the annulus having a cover aperture, the coveraperture having a diameter defined by the rod diameter, the methodcomprising the steps of: removing the head from the cover constructionby elastically stressing the annulus and increasing the aperturediameter; and elastically relaxing the annulus and decreasing theaperture diameter.
 12. The method of claim 11 wherein the button coverassembly is removed from the button-receiving chamber after elasticallyrelaxing the annulus and decreasing the aperture diameter.
 13. A methodfor manufacturing a button cover assembly, the method comprising thesteps of: forming a first structure, the first structure having opposedstructural surfaces, the first structural surface having a non-uniformlandscape; orthogonally positioning the first structure at a first endof opposed walls, the opposed walls having a wall height and therebydefining a wall-to-wall dimension; positioning a second structure abovethe first structure intermediate the walls, the second structurecomprising a head and a post, the head having a head thickness and thepost having a post width; defining a volumetric space within thewall-to-wall space above the first structure via the positioned secondstructure; filling the volumetric space with a liquid material, theliquid material complementing the non-uniform landscape and covering thehead in adjacency to the post; and solidifying the liquid material, thesolidified material thereby becoming elastic and forming a coverconstruction bonded to the first structure at the non-uniform landscapeto form a button cover assembly.
 14. The method of claim 13 wherein thesecond structure is removed from the cover construction aftersolidifying the elastic material.
 15. The method of claim 14 wherein thecover construction comprises a bonded portion, and an annulus, theannulus having a cover aperture, the cover aperture being defined by thepost width, the method comprising the additional steps of: removing thehead from the cover construction by elastically stressing the annulus;and elastically relaxing the annulus.
 16. The method of claim 13 whereinthe step of forming the first structure is defined by fashioning anembroidered structure, the first structural surface comprising anon-uniform, embroidered landscape.
 17. The method of claim 15 whereinthe button cover assembly is removed from the button-receiving chamberafter elastically relaxing the annulus.
 18. The method of claim 13wherein the first structure extends intermediate the wall-to-walldimension so as to fill space intermediate the walls at the first endthereof.
 19. The method of claim 16 wherein the embroidered structure isdisk-like and the wall-to-wall space is cylindrical, the disk-likeembroidered structure having a diameter substantially equal in magnitudeto a cylinder diameter of the cylindrical wall-to-wall space.
 20. Themethod of claim 13 wherein the first structure is supported by a thirdstructure, the third structure and walls defining a structure-receivingchamber.